Build it and they will come, the field of Char's dreams!
While I concur that one can't hardly go wrong with native plants to attract native pollinators and more (plus, and, many tend to be relatively easy to grow in their native areas which is a nice bonus), I find that ensuring as much variety as possible for the
duration of the insects' collective feeding seasons works well to attract and sustain a variety of pollinators, both native plants and not even remotely native plants.
I mean, they go just as nuts over the early spring blooming stuff from Turkey while they are waiting for the natives to get in gear!
You probably have many more native options to keep your gardens blooming consistently in the south, but we have some really dull times from our natives besides just winter here in the high desert
and I like to supplement spring, summer, and fall
anyway--
Also important to have an assortment of tiny flowers, especially for the tiny bees and short-tongued bees as well as suitable habitat for the underground nesters too
and obviously, not kill them off with toxins
and it is national pollinator week or something like that, so this promo for 'whatever it takes to feed them' brought to you by
